Oil tank progress
Backdated for your inconvenience
The next step in my Waste Vegetable Oil conversion for my truck is an additional set of tanks with the ability to filter the oil while on board. I was gifted two 50 gal. diesel fuel tanks, (thanks Jim Mason!) the kind that are generally found on larger trucks. They have many places to connect hoses, large filler ports, and fuel level sensors. I built a rack or Slay (I am calling it a slay since I made it on X-Mas and I am going to use it to kill high fuel prices!!) it will temporarily mounted in the truck bed against the cab. It is low enough as not to affect the 5thwheel, and should be self contained with pump and filter.
The idea is that I can go to the waste oil container behind a restaurant and empty their 55gal. drum of oil into my first tank, then pump it into the other tank through the filter and then into the trucks oil tank. Previously I have been getting larger quantities and filtering it at NIMBY, this was working well but my bulk connection is not happening right now and limited my range. For my trip to BM05 I used 2 55gal. drums in the same way but had no ability to refill them in route, thus limiting my range.
I have put some valves on the tanks to control the oil flow and still have to get a pump and filter system, but hopefully the next month will be profitable and I will be able to afford them.
I also rehabbed a shopping cart to store the tanks and rack when not on the truck.
I have some images to post but my FTP is not working right now so that will have to wait....
The next step in my Waste Vegetable Oil conversion for my truck is an additional set of tanks with the ability to filter the oil while on board. I was gifted two 50 gal. diesel fuel tanks, (thanks Jim Mason!) the kind that are generally found on larger trucks. They have many places to connect hoses, large filler ports, and fuel level sensors. I built a rack or Slay (I am calling it a slay since I made it on X-Mas and I am going to use it to kill high fuel prices!!) it will temporarily mounted in the truck bed against the cab. It is low enough as not to affect the 5thwheel, and should be self contained with pump and filter.
The idea is that I can go to the waste oil container behind a restaurant and empty their 55gal. drum of oil into my first tank, then pump it into the other tank through the filter and then into the trucks oil tank. Previously I have been getting larger quantities and filtering it at NIMBY, this was working well but my bulk connection is not happening right now and limited my range. For my trip to BM05 I used 2 55gal. drums in the same way but had no ability to refill them in route, thus limiting my range.
I have put some valves on the tanks to control the oil flow and still have to get a pump and filter system, but hopefully the next month will be profitable and I will be able to afford them.
I also rehabbed a shopping cart to store the tanks and rack when not on the truck.
I have some images to post but my FTP is not working right now so that will have to wait....